2005 ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Engineering Services

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Full Title	2005 ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Engineering Services
Short Title / Abbreviations	MRA on Engineering Services
CIL Subject Classification	ASEAN Documents ASEAN Economic Community ASEAN Economic Ministers ASEAN Free Trade Area Services
Date of Adoption	09/12/2005
Place of Adoption	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Issued/Adopted by	Economic Ministers of ASEAN
Dispute settlement provisions	Article 7 ‘Dispute Settlement’: “The provisions of the ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism, done at Vientiane, Lao PDR on the 29 November 2004, shall apply to disputes concerning the interpretation, implementation, and/or application of any of the provisions under this Arrangement.” This Arrangement is one of the ‘Covered Agreements’ pursuant to Article 1.1 of the 2019 ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism read together with its Appendix 1. The 2019 Protocol will only apply with respect to new requests for consultations made on or after its entry into force (20 June 2022).
Depository	Secretary-General of ASEAN
Annexes	Appendix I: List of Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) Appendix II: ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers Guidelines on Criteria and Procedures Appendix III: ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer Assessment Statement Appendix IV: Examples
Entry Into Force Status	In Force
Source	ASEAN Secretariat - ASEAN Legal Instruments
Date of Entry into Force	09/12/2005
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions	Article 8.2 ‘Final Provisions’: “This Arrangement shall enter into force on the date of signature by all ASEAN Member Countries.”
Status
ASEAN States	(Source: ASEAN Legal Instruments as of 19/09/2022)
Brunei Darussalam	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 28/01/2013
Cambodia	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 05/11/2010
Indonesia	Signature 09/12/2005 Acceptance 29/02/2008
Lao PDR	Signature 09/12/2005 Acceptance 14/06/2007
Malaysia	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 10/09/2007
Myanmar	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 27/01/2006
Philippines	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 03/07/2008
Singapore	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 15/06/2007
Thailand	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 11/03/2009
Vietnam	Signature 09/12/2005 Notification 28/04/2008
Related Instruments
This instrument amends/supersedes	1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Mutual Recognition Arrangements
Related Instruments	1995 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
External Links	ASEAN Secretariat accessed on 19/09/2022
Additional Information	Dates of notification and acceptance given above were obtained from the ASEAN Secretariat’s Legal Instruments website and its electronic collection of instruments of notification and acceptance. Some of the dates given appear to be the dates of execution of the instruments of notification/acceptance, rather than their date of receipt by the depository.